28/11/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 26 November, the American giant Meta (the parent company of Facebook and Instagram) published a proposal to the European Commission for a “harmonised system of age verification and safety standards for apps and online services” to better protect teenagers throughout the EU. The proposal provides for age verification and parental approval of downloads for children under 16. “We urgently need new EU-wide regulation that provides consistent protections for teenagers online, requiring app shops to verify the age of teenagers and obtain parental approval for teens under the age of to 16 download apps”, says the Meta press release. See the proposal: https://aeur.eu/f/eiz (IS)